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Author
Publication Date
1998
Language
English
Description
The Winter?s Tale is a story of loss and redemption. In a fit of wild and unfounded jealousy, Leontes, the King of Sicily, convinces himself that his pregnant wife is carrying his best friend?s love child. Leontes?s jealousy turns to tyranny as the king proceeds to destroy his entire family and a lifelong friendship. Sixteen long years pass, and we witness one of the most astonishing endings in English literature.
2) The tempest
Author
Publication Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A storm strikes a ship carrying Alonso, Ferdinand, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Stephano, and Trinculo, who are on their way to Italy after coming from the wedding of Alonso#x0;s daughter, Claribel, to the prince of Tunis in Africa. The royal party and the other mariners, with the exception of the unflappable Boatswain, begin to fear for their lives. Lightning cracks, and the mariners cry that the ship has been hit. Everyone prepares to sink.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Some thematic elements and peril.
The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.
4) Send help
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Publication Date
[2026]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"When two business colleagues become stranded on a deserted island as the only survivors of a plane crash, they must overcome past grievances and work together to stay alive. But they're not in the office anymore, and an unsettling, wryly humorous battle of wills and wits begins in this original, darkly comedic psychological thriller."-- Container.
5) Cast away
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Publication Date
c2001
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 143 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph. D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny island with nothing but some flotsam and jetsam from the aircraft's cargo. Can he survive in this tropical wasteland? Will he ever return to woman he loves?
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Publication Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (330 min.) : sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
[Africa screams]: Abbott & Costello are a bumbling pair of booksellers who find themselves in deepest Africa while searching for diamonds in Africa Screams -- [Jack and the beanstalk]: Abbott & Costello's whimsically adapt the fairy tale Jack & the Beanstalk.
Publisher
[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]
Publication Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (approximately 1056 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While Jack, Kate, and Locke investigate what's inside the hatch, the "tailies" are found. These survivors are from the tail of the plane and include tough girl Ana-Lucia and the spiritual and mysterious Mr. Eko. Learn what happened to Walt when he left Michael with some very hard choices to make and get a better insight into just who the "others" are. Find out that the island has some connection with the Dharma Initiative.
Publisher
[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]
Publication Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (approximately 991 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Language
English
Description
As the power of the island to both heal and destroy comes into sharp focus, the lines between good and evil are blurred and loyalties are challenged when the survivors of the crash become tangled within the lives of the Others.